Improved broom-head



KEENE & SNEDIKER.

` B-room Head.

N6. 56,953. l Patented Aug. 7, 1666.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEicE.-

J. W. KEENEA AND W. E. SNEDIKER, OF UTIGA, NEW YORK.

IMPROVED'B'RooM-HEAD.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 56,953, dated August 7, 1866.

- ence being had to the accompanying drawings,

in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the imv provement, and Fig. 2 is a sectional view ot' the upper part thereof.

The nature of our invention consists, rst, in the mode of attaching the broom-handle to the head, and, second, the mode of holding the material of which the broom is made in place. j

A is a light hollow head for receiving and securing the ends ofthe broom corn or brush. On its upper end -or top is a socket, B, in which is iitted a ferru1e,O. At the lower end thereof is a nut, E, for raising and lowering the projection-rod F by vmeans of the screw F on its upper end, and which screw and nut also serve to hold the ferrule G in place. The ferrule G, withits cap D, serves-to hold the handle. The projection-rod F extends through the ferrule, nut, head, and-to some distance below, where it terminates in a head, F2.

On each side of the head A is an arm, G G. which are attached t0 the head by hinges or joints H H. O n the other end of each arm G G is a cross-head, I I, each having three joints, K K K2 K3 K4 K5. From the center joints, K" and K4. extend the links LL, which are jointed to the head F2 of the projection-V rod. From the other four joints, K Kz K3 K5, extend four straps, M M M IVI, which are joined in pairs by a hook or otherwise at their inner ends, N N.

The ferrule O may be slitted vertically into several parts, C', and the cap D, screwing on to it with a tapering screw, will draw the parts of the ferrule together and accommodate it toA the shrinking of the wooden handle; or, in-

stead of slitting the fer-rule, the cap D may have a rim on its inner edge, D', which, as it is screwed down on the ferrule, will press upon a shoulder to be left on the handle; or both of these means may be used for tightening the handle. The upper end of the screw F may also be screwed into the handle to render it firmer.

The operation .of lling the head isi as follows: The projection-rod is extended downward as far as necessary by reversing the nut E, which, operating on the links L L, draws the arms G G together, and which necessarily causes the straps M M M M to open. The broom-corn is then properly placed between the straps, with its upper ends in the head A, and by screwing up the nut E the projectionrod is drawn in, which extends the arms GG, and `consequent-ly draws together the straps M M M M until they closely bind the brush.

. Instead of the straps M M M M, a'cord or wire maybe used. When the straps are used they may'have their inner side made with an obtuse angle at the center or at each side, so as the better to hold the brush.

The whole may be made of malleable iron or other suitable metal.

We claiml. The extension-rod F, in combination with i the links L L and the straps M M M M, or their H equivalents, constructed and operating snb stantially as described.

2. The head A, in combination with the arms G G, or their equivalents, constructed and operating substantially as described.

3. The slotted ferrule C, the nut E, and the cap D,in combination, substantially as described, and for the uses and purposes mentioned.

J. W. KEENE. W. E. SNEDIKER.

Witnesses:

H. D. ALEXANDER, JOHN G.GEooKER. 

